Bacsik of ‘dirty mexicans’ tweet to be on local sports show

Former Dallas radio personality/producer and baseball pitcher Mike Bacsik, who was fired after his racist ‘dirty mexicans’ tweet, will be a guest on local radio for the first time Tuesday.

Bacsik has been invited to talk about last week’s events on “The Morning Drive with Andy Everett and Peter Burns” at 7:30 a.m. on KTKR (Ticket 760 AM). His offending tweets included this one that punctuated a Spurs win against the Mavericks: “Congrats to all the dirty mexicans in San Antonio.”

Bacsik won’t be doing the interview in studio – can you blame him for not venturing on to Alamo City soil? – but, instead, by phone.

According to co-host Burns, the call-in lines won’t be open for listeners who’d like to give the guy “what for” during the show. “We’re worried that people will get on and just hurl F-bombs,” Burns explained. “We don’t want to turn this into shock jock radio.”

However, he promised Bacsik’s feet will be put to the fire during his interview and be asked tough questions. “We have a responsibility to the city not to condone this behavior and give him softballs,” Burns promised Monday. “However, we also need to show we’re a forgiving society that can give someone a chance to clear the air.”

Burns reached out to Bacsik via – what else? – Twitter and told him “he should address this issue head on to the San Antonio audience that he directed his comments to.

“The more I thought about the horrible situation, the more I wanted to turn this into a learning experience for not only him, but our listeners as well,” Burns said.

“It’s one thing seeing an apology in print and another actually hearing it, Burns added, explaining: “This way you get a feel from his voice how sincere it really is.”

Not only will he ask Bacsik how such an appalling comment even entered his head, but also what the fallout in Dallas has been. “I understand he lives in a pretty Hispanic community,” Burns said. “He told me he even went to his kids’ school to talk to administrators about it.”